[vicsireland] Re: Infovics comments
- From: "Flor Lynch" <florlync@xxxxxx>
- To: <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 14:56:47 -0000
MessageAs the one who initiated the part about paying for the magazine or not,
I think I prefer it being paid for by membership dues, and by other methods for
those who are not members of VICS - since VICS presently relies monetarily on
its members' subscriptions for its upkeep. At some point in the
not-too-distant future, therefore, when there are neither too many nor too few
listener non-members they be requested to pay for future on-line editions of
InfoVICS. This could, perhaps, be done contemporaneously with the phasing-out
of the CD version, maybe sooner. Whatever the majority of members decide, of
course; but the above is my opinion at present.
----- Original Message -----
From: Kealy, Nicky
To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 9:21 AM
Subject: [vicsireland] Re: Infovics comments
Hi Stuart, I would be of the opinion that it should be only for paid up
members of the VICS societyl. Isn't it what we are partly paying membership
for? Now, going slightly off the point but I have said this to certain people
so I might as well say it publicly. I also think that all members of VICS be
it that they are from Ireland or outside of Ireland should have to pay. We are
always reminded of the need for cash from the members to help vics do their
work and the work of vics is directly benefiting us people that live here in
Ireland and not the people living outside of the country. Maybe people might
disagree with me but I am throwing it out anyway.
Cheers, Nicky.
-----Original Message-----
From: vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stuart Lawler
Sent: 27 February 2007 22:05
To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [vicsireland] Re: Infovics comments
Hi Flor, Tony and Kathleen,
Again apologies for my delayed responses on this thread, but I am only now
picking up my two day's worth of Vics emails!
Flor, you are correct, that in the past, Infovics was only available to
paid up members of Vics.
One of the things I wanted to do when I took over as editor, and one that I
felt was something that would benefit the magazine, was to put it on line.
There are two reasons for this.
1. Its a computer and technology related publication and therefore the
most appropriate place for it to have its home would be the internet.
2. It would bring the publication to a much larger audience, already I
have received mails from people outside of Ireland and of Vics, who have just
stumbled across the magazine and the Vics website.
We could of course try password protecting the area of the site that
contains Infovics and issue all members with logins, but I suspect this will
create more headaches and possibly increase frustration amongst some of our
listeners and is really an issue for the committee to look at in the future.
It is also my view, and I know Liam Duke of the Drumcondra Project shares
it, that Infovics should, in the not too distant future, become an on-line
publication only. We're not saying that this might happen immediately, but I
would certainly see it being implemented in a couple of years.
Kathleen, regarding your query, I will make a downloadable link available
so that you can get the Infovics mp3 file without having to subscribe to the
podcast.
Tony, I think that should also help you with your query too.
Regards,
Stuart.
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From: vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Flor Lynch
Sent: 25 February 2007 22:38
To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [vicsireland] Re: Infovics comments
Hi Stuart,
Personally, I think I'd prefer the longer issue at less-frequent intervals.
(I.e., quarterly.)
Regarding direct downloading of the magazine and related issues and
questions: At the moment, it seems that anyone can 'subscribe' to the podcast
and not be a member of VICS. Correct? Is that what we want? I thought the 10
euros anual subscription also included the magazine, which was formerly
unavailable to those not in VICS. There were articles from other PC magazines
courtesy of readers for BCAB, in the issue that came out last winter. These
articles would be copyright of the original magazines (such as PC World, etc.)
Need to be careful there? These things may not matter at the moment; but if
Infovics expands, they will. I think it may be possible to download the
magazine directly at the moment, via the Save-Target-As option. Maybe a little
futzing around then to download the magazine rather than just the url to the
stream. .
----- Original Message -----
From: Stuart Lawler
To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2007 9:54 PM
Subject: [vicsireland] Infovics comments
Hi Tony,
Apologies but I have had to change the subject line, for some reason the
Ecartis system thinks I am trying to make a subscription change, so here's
hoping this goes through!
Interesting comments there.
Firstly, you can't actually download Infovics, but you can subscribe to
the
podcast, which will in turn download the mp3 file to your hard disk.
However, if people would prefer the option to directly download the
magazine
I can easily make this change.
In particular though, I'm interested to hear your commenting that you
prefer
a shorter Infovics at more regular intervals, to a more lengthy magazine,
say every three months.
>From a production point of view, a shorter magazine is obviously easier
to
manage, but of course its only easier because we had very little material
to
go onto it.
Could I get other's views on this? Is a shorter and more regular infovics
preferable to a three monthly edition?
Regards,
Stuart.
-----Original Message-----
>From: vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of tonysweeney
Sent: 24 February 2007 20:48
To: vics
Subject: [vicsireland] Infovvics/CDExX
Hi All,
I have just been listening to Febs Infovics online and although it was
short, what particularly I was impressed with, was Brian Dalton's
mini-tutorial on the ripping programme, CDEX.
I have an iAudio player and had been wondering how I could rip tracks to
my
PC as MP3's so I can then if I wish move them to my iAudio.
Anyway, problem solved
thanks to his great effort!
I haven't received the CD version of the magazine, so if you haven't then
just go online and listen!
I was trying for a link on the site to download but I couldn't find one!
Could someone come to the rescue and tell me how?
I can record the item of course but it would be good to be able to
download
it!
Keep up the training element of Infovics, it is very good and very
necessary
in my opinion.
I liked the link to Nationwatch, because sometimes for example when you go
away on holidays you might not always be told or even discover a great
deal
of information about the place you are visiting.
Anyway I would prefer a shortened Infovics more often rather than a long
one
every-so-often.
Happy listening.
Tony Sweeney.
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